Evolution II

Which statement best explains why evolution is classified as a theory?

• It is a set of hypotheses supported by scientific findings.
• It has been proved by valid scientific experiments
• It explains observations more simply than other available models.
• It is accepted by a majority of people.

On a small, isolated island, a hurricane destroyed all the trees that produced a large, hard-shelled nut. Which bird population would most likely decrease?

• birds with long, probing beaks
• birds with thick, strong beaks
• birds with thin, short beaks
• birds with large, pouch beaks

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Which factor most accurately describes the statement “Survival of the fittest” in relation to natural selection?

• the mutation rate
• the ability of offspring to reproduce
• the amount of food an organism obtains
• the ability to withstand environmental extremes

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The forelimbs of whales, dogs, humans, and bats are all similar in their arrangement and structure. What category of evidence is exemplified? 

• anatomical similarities
• fossils
• biochemical comparison
• embryological comparison

Which is an example of an analogous structure?

• moth’s wing and eagle’s wing
• human’s arm and a dolphin’s flipper
• mole’s claw and a dolphin’s flipper
• bat’s wing and a human’s arm

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When the trees in a forest become covered in black dirt (soot) due to pollution, which colored moths would likely better over time?

• White moths
• Black moths
• Grey moths
• They would all die

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The house mouse evolved into a separate subspecies less than 250 years after its introduction to the Faroe Islands, which are located in the North Atlantic.  Which of these best describes the development of the Faroe Islands house mouse subspecies?

• convergent evolution
• parallel evolution
• coevolution
• divergent evolution

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The theory of Acquired Characteristics was developed by ______. This means big muscles can be passed on to offspring.

• Darwin
• Lemarck
• Gould
• Weissman

All of the genes in all the members of a population make up the population's ______.

• Genetic drift
• genotype
• gene flow
• gene pool

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An organism that leaves a population is called a(n) _____.

• Immigrant
• Emigrant
• Innocent bystander
• Flea